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Shape-morphing nanocomposite origami.


ABSTRACT: Nature provides a vast array of solid materials that repeatedly and reversibly transform in shape in response to environmental variations. This property is essential, for example, for new energy-saving technologies, efficient collection of solar radiation, and thermal management. Here we report a similar shape-morphing mechanism using differential swelling of hydrophilic polyelectrolyte multilayer inkjets deposited on an LBL carbon nanotube (CNT) composite. The out-of-plane deflection can be precisely controlled, as predicted by theoretical analysis. We also demonstrate a controlled and stimuli-responsive twisting motion on a spiral-shaped LBL nanocomposite. By mimicking the motions achieved in nature, this method offers new opportunities for the design and fabrication of functional stimuli-responsive shape-morphing nanoscale and microscale structures for a variety of applications.

SUBMITTER: Andres CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4049491 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Shape-morphing nanocomposite origami.

Andres Christine M CM   Zhu Jian J   Shyu Terry T   Flynn Connor C   Kotov Nicholas A NA  

Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids 20140401 19


Nature provides a vast array of solid materials that repeatedly and reversibly transform in shape in response to environmental variations. This property is essential, for example, for new energy-saving technologies, efficient collection of solar radiation, and thermal management. Here we report a similar shape-morphing mechanism using differential swelling of hydrophilic polyelectrolyte multilayer inkjets deposited on an LBL carbon nanotube (CNT) composite. The out-of-plane deflection can be pre  ...[more]

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